Fastener for car-doors.



J. G. LIVELY.

FASTENER FOR GAR DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 14, 1909.

1,052,072. Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 14, 1909. 1,052,072 Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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JAURIDAN G. LIVELY, OF SEWELL, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD TO CHARLES C. BROOK, OF HAWKS NEST, WEST VIRGINIA.

FASTENER Fon oAR-Doons'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

Application filed August 14, 1909. Serial No. 512,856.

This invention relates to improvements in car door fasteners and has particular reference to that type of fastener used in connection with what is known as sliding doors.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a construction which will permit the car door to be clamped over the door opening and bear on the outer face of;

the side of the car.

Another object is the provision of it clamping construction so that a lateral pressure will be exerted on the door sutficlentto hold the latter tightly against the outer face of the side, thus providing a tight joint suflicient to prevent entrance of sparks.

ith these and other objects in view as will more fully hereinafter appear, the pres. ent invention consists in certain novel details of constructionand arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described,. illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of the device may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of the specification :-Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a box car showing the door with my improved device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view but showing the door in open position. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of a box car showing the device in end elevation. Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a box car showing a plan view of the device.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

The car is designated by the numeral 5 and the roof by the numeral 6.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that formed in the sides 5 of the car andadjacent the intermediate portions of the sides of the opening 7 are a pair of sockets 21 and 22. These sockets are oblong in contour and extending transverse the intermediate portions of the sockets are keepers 23 and 24. These keepers 23 and 2 1 are preferably formed of bar iron with their opposite ends secured in opposite side walls of the recesses. A shaft 25 is arranged transverse the door 13 and is supported by atplurality of straps 26, the opposite end portions of which are secured to the outer face of the door and the intermediate portions of which are concaved to receive the shaft 25 and allow it to be turned. The opposite end portions of the shaft in alinement with the opposite sides of the door are bent at right angles to provide arms 27 and 28 which extend inwardly and are in alinement with the sockets 21 and 22. The arms 27 and. 28 terminate in outwardly curved extensions const-itutinghooks 29 and 30, which, when the shaft is turned in one direction, will extend well into the sockets and engage with the. keepers 23 and 24. The intermediate portion of the shaft 25 is bent into an elongated loop 31 which serves as an operating handle. The loop 31 is disposed. at right angles to the arms 27 and 28, so that when these arms are horizontal the loop will extend vertically downward as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

With this construction it is obvious when the door is in position as shown in Fig. 1 and the loop or handle 31 raised and at right angles to the door the arms and hooks will extend vertically downward and be disengaged from the sockets 21 and 22. By now moving the loop or handle downward will cause the arms and hooks to rise and as the downward movement of the loop or handle continues the extremities of the hooks will engage with the rear sides of the keepers so that whenthe loop or handle arrives at a position substantially parallel with the vertical plane of the door the curved hooks will have completely engaged with the keepers. It will be observed, owing to the curvature of the hooks, that during this movement a pressure will be exerted on the car door sufficient to tightly clamp it against the side 5. This arrangement simplifies the construction in devices of this kind having a spark proof joint for their object.

A. pair of limiting cleats are arranged on the outer face of the side 5 and are designated by the numerals 32 and 33. The cleat 33 is arranged adjacent one side of the door opening 7 with its upper end bearing on one end of the track 8. The lower end por tion of that side of the cleat 33 adjacent the side of the door opening 7 is, at a point in alinement with the socket 22, provided with a notch 34 through which the hook 29 passes when being forced into engagement with the keeper 23. The opposite cfeat 32 is removed a distance from the opposite side of the door opening slightly greater than the width of the door 13 and formed in the side 5 of the car is a socket 35. The socket 335 is spaced from the socket 21 for a distance equal to the distance between the hooks 2 9 and and in alinement with the socket 21. The lower end portion of the cleat 32 is, 011 that side adjacent the door 7, provided with a notch 36 similar to the notch 3st and through which the hook 30 passes when moving into the recess 35. It might here be stated that the socket is provided with a keeper 37 similar to the keepers 23 and 24, so that when the door is moved from the opening 7 and one of its sides bears on the cleat 32 it may be secured in this position by forcing the hooks into engagement with the keepers in the manner before described.

It will be noted that when the door is slid to either open or closed position that the hooks of the shaft will enter the rabbets of the sills so that the sills constitute protective guards for shielding the hooks against damage while the car is being loaded or while it is in transit to its destination.

From the foregoing it can be seen that I have provided a device which is exceedingly simple in structure and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and which may be readily applied to most forms of box cars now in use.

hat is claimed as new, is

The combination with a freight car having a door opening therein, of a door jamb arranged adjacent one side of the opening, and a door jamb arranged remote from the opposite side of the opening, said door jambs being cut away at their opposite faces to expose portions of the car wall, said wall having recesses formed in the portions so exposed and a recess located at the opposite side of the opening from that provided with the jamb, all of said recesses lying in horizontal alinement, bars disposed transversely across the open mouths of the re cesses, a sliding door limited in its opening and closing movement by the jambs, and a locking bar journaled on said door and having terminal inwardly extending hooks engageable with said bars, said hooks terminating short of the outer faces of said j ambs whereby the latter form protective guards for shielding the hooks from damage or dislodgment.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JAURDAN G. LIVELY.

Vitnesses A. S. RUssELL,

HUGH MINOR.

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